Two in Pike County sent to state prison

Thursday

Jun 13, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Two people have been sentenced in Pike County Court to state prison.

Staff report

Two people have been sentenced in Pike County Court to state prison.

Austin Peterson, 19, of Hawley, was sentenced to 51 months to 11 years for ransacking homes and damaging property with a juvenile co-defendant in Lackawaxen and Blooming Grove townships in October. Peterson and the juvenile also stole and crashed one vehicle and then stole another.

Jeremy Maun, 29, was sentenced to one to four years.

Maun and a co-defendant stole several aluminum light poles and trailer sides belonging to Matamoras Borough last June. Maun stole various electronics and gaming devices from another person in September and March.

In October, he was found with a hypodermic needle and took several items from a Westfall Township business without paying the full retail value.